Month: September 2018

Remember that time that Bizarro kidnapped Jonathan Kent and took him off to this square planet where he got this funky power from it’s blue son that let him spawn Bizarro versions of people he knew back on earth… from his eyes? Nope? Me either but this little jem was written by Geoff Johns & Richard Donner.

Art [Just IMHO.]

Eric Powell did the art for these issues and to make it triple Bizarro the cover art and inks are also done by Eric Powell. It’s quite fun, really.

Other Notes [???]

This story was… almost cute? It’s a short fun read for when your stuck waiting somewhere.

Out of Context Panel [For Fun.]

Hmmm… this image kind of sums up my feelings whenever one of my older relatives starts ranting about politics in a public space.

Picked up all the #3 Giants at Walmart. Some brief thoughts about the new stories in each one.

DC 100-Page Comic Giant! Batman #3; Batman Universe Part 1; Brian Michael Bendis, writer. It starts out with what seems to be a classic Riddler story but it has a little twist at the end that is more intriguing than it ought to be. There was a panel in this of Batman kicking someone in the head that’s aching to be made into a meme.

DC 100-Page Comic Giant! Justice League of America #3; Come Back to Me Part 1; Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti, writer. Ehh… Not sure how I feel about this one, there is something off about the dialogue. Wonder Woman’s voice doesn’t seem to be consistent throughout the story could it be that there are two writers? The story is just her going to help with a forest fire, not much else to say about it.

DC 100-Page Comic Giant! Superman #3; Up In the Sky: Alice Part 1; Tom King, writer. Wow! This was really good, it’ll be interesting to see how it goes. Story starts with Batman calling Superman in to take a case with a little girl who gets abducted by aliens.

DC 100-Page Comic Giant! Teen Titans #3; Dead Reckoning; Dan Jurgens, writer. Picks right up where the story in issue #2 left off. Teen Titans vs. The Fearsome Five while the Disrupter and H.I.V.E. are up to something else… I’ve really warmed up to this story and it would be nice if it continues as an ongoing. I think the whole art team is doing a good job on this one too.

At 10pm I sat down at my computer and thought to myself. I’ll write a blog post! Yeah! What will I write about? Boo! So, I wandered off to DC Universe to sample comics… I say sample because that’s all I seem to do lately. Ever heard the expression, I think I’ve reached the end of the internet? Sometimes I feel like I’ve reached the end of the longbox. I just can’t seem to find anything that will hold my interest. I don’t think it’s the comics though, I think it’s just me. So for the last 4 hours I’ve read sporadic comic and stared blankly at my computer screen. Oh, and I ate a slice of leftover meat lovers pizza, (that might have been the highlight of my Friday Night).

Part of my mood probably is from having read Batman #55, and even though I knew where this story was going from the solicits; the end of the issue was upsetting. Why oh why did it have to be Nightwing? ;-/

Anyway I read too issues from the Marvel Unlimited App. One was Tales of Suspense Hawkeye and the Winter Soldier #102. It’s the third part of a story about them looking for Black Widow. So far I’ve like the story and the art in it. The other thing was X-Men Gold #23 where Kitty Pryde and the rest of the X-Men get thrown in jail. I’ve been keeping up with that title and am liking it.

On DC Universe I’ve checked out a few books and I was going to read a Beast Boy mini series that was on there but I kept getting kicked out of the app at the same page in the comic so don’t know what was going on with that? Other books were working fine. Despite my reservations about DC Universe I’ve been on there a lot since I got it goofing around, just hope they can make some improvements to it.

Well, it’s going on 3 am now and I should really try to lay down and sleep some, I’m going to be paying for this late night tomorrow when I have to get up and do things. Have a good weekend comic friends.

Ok so I just got the app downloaded and installed and have been looking through it. Ugh. I am seriously disappointed. There really just isn’t a lot in there. I really, really hope they are planning to make regular expansions or switch the stuff out if that’s all they are going to offer at one time. This probably isn’t like the most organized post I’ve ever made, but here are some points.

The selection of comics is way smaller than I thought it would be.

At the top of the comic list page it says,” The full DC Comics digital library will be available for purchase in October.” — PURCHASE? WTF? That really annoyed me. I’m pretty sure now that there will not be any sizable amount of readable comics available.

A lot of the comics available to read are just a few of the first issues. I’m pretty sure all they want to do is sell you the rest of the storylines. NOT COOL — and a lot of that stuff is probably free to read on Comixology already.

I think I counted 23 movies. Mostly animated. Live action are the 4 older Superman Movies.

9 TV Series. Mostly really old ones.

12 animated series.

That new content can’t come quick enough if they plan of keeping this afloat and they really need to add more diverse catalog of available comics with consecutive runs available to read. Frankly if I hadn’t paid for a year’s sub I would just sign up for a month after the new shows air and just binge watch them. I don’t think it’s enough content for the price. What do you guys think?

Update: Ok, after going out of the app and going back into it to read something else. I’m seeing a lot more comics than I was originally seeing. That’s good, I guess maybe that means that they are sill adding stuff to the app or maybe it’s got a few bugs to work out. I’m seeing some older titles that I’ve never read, I feel a bit better about it now. Because at first I was only seeing like maybe 100 comics total and I was upset.

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Update Notes 9/24/2018

I’m looking for a better background image but the red, white and blue stars will have to do for now. Also experimenting with a kind of condensed micro review style, since I don’t write lengthy articles much.